The Chocolate Soldier
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The Chocolate Soldier is an operetta by Oscar Straus, based on George Bernard Shaw's play "Arms and the Man," known for its romantic plot and melodic Viennese-style music.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Chocolate Soldier (radio adaptation) | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | operetta ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | Arms and the Man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWorkDisapproved | George Bernard Shaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Arms and the Man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | George Bernard Shaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| BroadwayTheatre | Lyric Theatre (Broadway) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Oscar Straus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Austria ⓘ |
| firstBroadwayProductionYear | 1909 ⓘ |
| firstLondonProductionYear | 1910 GENERATED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceCity | Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1908-11-14 ⓘ |
| firstPerformancePlace | Theater an der Wien NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
operetta
ⓘ
romantic operetta ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Alexius
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Aurelia Popoff NERFINISHED ⓘ Bumerli NERFINISHED ⓘ Colonel Popoff NERFINISHED ⓘ Mascha NERFINISHED ⓘ Nadina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEnglishLibrettoAdapter |
Leo Feld
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rudolf Bernauer NERFINISHED ⓘ Stanford Daly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| librettist |
Heinrich von Waldberg
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leopold Jacobson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicStyle |
late-Romantic
ⓘ
waltz-rich score ⓘ |
| notableFor |
melodic Viennese-style music
ⓘ
romantic plot ⓘ |
| notableSong |
My Hero
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sympathy NERFINISHED ⓘ The Chocolate Soldier (song) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 3 ⓘ |
| originalLanguageTitle | Der tapfere Soldat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Der tapfere Soldat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | early 20th century ⓘ |
| premiereTheatre | Theater an der Wien NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Serbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Serbo-Bulgarian War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ShawOpinion | disliked adaptation ⓘ |
| sourceWorkGenre | play ⓘ |
| sourceWorkPlaywright | George Bernard Shaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceWorkTitle | Arms and the Man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style | Viennese operetta ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | romantic entanglements during wartime ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
The Chocolate Soldier (radio adaptation)